Monthly Archives: February 2014

The world lost a creative musician today, Bob Casale, guitar player of Devo has passed away from heart failure. He was a founding member of Devo and was also a very talented sound engineer. This black and white photo was taken in 1980 and took only about a hour to add color. I had…

I colorized this black and white photo because I wanted to see how I could work with the dirt and soot on the coal miners face. I created a piercing blue eye color using three layers, two soft and one vivid light. I did this because I love the look of a dirty and…

When I ran across this image on the internet yesterday I couldn’t get started fast enough on colorizing this bad boy. This a badass picture and I love this black and white photo for multiple reasons, I’m a huge fan of the style of dress and I’m a huge fan of traditional tattoos. I have two traditional style tattoos…

The folks over at The Daily Mail Online wrote a great article about my work and the website.Obviously I am extremely excited to be featured in a online publication of this caliber and the article is very complimentary. Metacolor will also be featured in Buzzfeed next week and I cant tell you…

Sadly, Shirley Temple Black died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, California. She was 85 years old and gained notoriety as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s. She sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached. Please…

This is a personal colorization request I finished last week for a client and I was really pleased with the results. It is the clients grandfather who served in World War II as he looked off the balcony over Nice, France. It was extremely time consuming but really fun as well. The hillside in the…

I have been extremely busy doing personal requests and have not had time to finish my video tutorials, so I do apoligize for that and I will have them up soon. I do really enjoy doing personal colorization and restoration because of the human factor. I get to hear incredible stories and see personal family…

This is my favorite colorization I have completed thus far. I couldn’t find anymore description for this photograph other than “1950s Style & Sass” so I am not sure who the woman in the photograph is but I love the way she is looking at the camera. The look she gives makes me think her…